Note
"June 2005".
"Document adopted at the 505th meeting of the Commission, held on June 10, 2005, under resolution COM-504-5.1.4."--Title page verso.
Issued also in French under the title: Profilage racial : mise en contexte et définition.
Summary
"The Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse is required to promote and uphold, by every appropriate measure, the principles enunciated in the Charter of human rights and freedoms, and its responsibilities include making non-adversary investigations, on its own initiative or following receipt of a complaint, into any situation which appears to the Commission to be a case of discrimination. The Commission's investigation division has recently received several complaints concerning discrimination based on race, or ethnic or national origin, allegedly exercised by people in situations of authority, a form of discrimination often described as racial profiling. An advisory committee, made up of professionals working at various Commission divisions (legal affairs, investigations, research and planning, communication) has met several times to discuss the files concerned. It has become clear that there is an urgent need for the Commission to adopt its own official definition of racial profiling, for use by the investigations division. This document is intended to meet this need by proposing a definition of racial profiling that can be used, in particular, by investigators. It is preceded by a brief review of the prevailing context.."--Introduction.